"definire" meaning in Italian

See definire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /de.fiˈni.re/
Rhymes: -ire Etymology: Derived from Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”). By surface analysis, de- + finire. Etymology templates: {{yesno||d|D}} D, {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|it|la|dēfīniō|dēfīnīre|to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”), {{der+|it|la|dēfīniō|dēfīnīre|t=to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting}} Derived from Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”), {{surf|it|de-|finire}} By surface analysis, de- + finire Head templates: {{it-verb|a/+isc}} definìre (first-person singular present definìsco, first-person singular past historic definìi, past participle definìto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/+isc}} Forms: definìre [canonical], definìsco [first-person, present, singular], definìi [first-person, historic, past, singular], definìto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], definìre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], definèndo [gerund], definènte [participle, present], definìto [participle, past], definìsco [first-person, indicative, present, singular], definìsci [indicative, present, second-person, singular], definìsce [indicative, present, singular, third-person], definiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], definìte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], definìscono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], definìvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], definìvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], definìva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], definivàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], definivàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], definìvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], definìi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], definìsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], definì [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], definìmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], definìste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], definìrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], definirò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], definirài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], definirà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], definirémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], definiréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], definirànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], definirèi [conditional, first-person, singular], definirésti [conditional, second-person, singular], definirèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], definirébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], definirémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], definiréste [conditional, plural, second-person], definirèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], definirébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], definìsca [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], definìsca [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], definìsca [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], definiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], definiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], definìscano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], definìssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], definìssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], definìsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], definìssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], definìste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], definìssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], definìsci [imperative, second-person, singular], definìsca [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], definiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], definìte [imperative, plural, second-person], definìscano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], definìre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], definìsca [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], definiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], definìte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], definìscano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], definir [alternative, apocopic], diffinire [alternative, archaic], difinire [alternative, archaic]
  1. (transitive) to define Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-definire-it-verb-pYWx59hx Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian terms prefixed with de-, Italian verbs ending in -ire, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 58 42 Disambiguation of Italian terms prefixed with de-: 57 43 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ire: 53 47 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 25 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 27 21 21
  2. (transitive) to decide, to resolve Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-definire-it-verb-W7ukJC9J Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ire, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ire: 53 47 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 25 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 27 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: definibile (english: definable), definirsi (english: to declare or reveal oneself (to be something)), predefinire (english: to predefine), ridefinire (english: to redefine) Related terms: definizione [definition]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "definable",
      "translation": "definable",
      "word": "definibile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to declare or reveal oneself (to be something)",
      "translation": "to declare or reveal oneself (to be something)",
      "word": "definirsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to predefine",
      "translation": "to predefine",
      "word": "predefinire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to redefine",
      "translation": "to redefine",
      "word": "ridefinire"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "d",
        "3": "D"
      },
      "expansion": "D",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "Derived"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēfīniō",
        "4": "dēfīnīre",
        "5": "to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēfīniō",
        "4": "dēfīnīre",
        "t": "to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting"
      },
      "expansion": "Derived from Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”)",
      "name": "der+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "de-",
        "3": "finire"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, de- + finire",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”). By surface analysis, de- + finire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "definìre",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìre",
          "definire"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsco",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsco",
          "definisco"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìi",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìi",
          "definii"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìto",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìto",
          "definito"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìre",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìre",
          "definire#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "links": [
        [
          "avére",
          "avere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definèndo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definèndo",
          "definendo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definènte",
      "links": [
        [
          "definènte",
          "definente#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìto",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìto",
          "definito#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsco",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsco",
          "definisco#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsci",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsci",
          "definisci#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsce",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsce",
          "definisce#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definiàmo",
          "definiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìte",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìte",
          "definite#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìscono",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìscono",
          "definiscono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìvo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìvo",
          "definivo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìvi",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìvi",
          "definivi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìva",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìva",
          "definiva#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definivàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definivàmo",
          "definivamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definivàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "definivàte",
          "definivate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìvano",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìvano",
          "definivano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìi",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìi",
          "definii#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsti",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsti",
          "definisti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definì",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìmmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìmmo",
          "definimmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìste",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìste",
          "definiste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìrono",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìrono",
          "definirono#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirài",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirài",
          "definirai#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirémo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirémo",
          "definiremo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definiréte",
      "links": [
        [
          "definiréte",
          "definirete#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirànno",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirànno",
          "definiranno#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirèi",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirèi",
          "definirei#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirésti",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirésti",
          "definiresti#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirèbbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirèbbe",
          "definirebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirébbe",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirébbe",
          "definirebbe#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirémmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirémmo",
          "definiremmo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definiréste",
      "links": [
        [
          "definiréste",
          "definireste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirèbbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirèbbero",
          "definirebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definirébbero",
      "links": [
        [
          "definirébbero",
          "definirebbero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsca",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsca",
          "definisca#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsca",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsca",
          "definisca#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsca",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsca",
          "definisca#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definiàmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definiàmo",
          "definiamo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definiàte",
      "links": [
        [
          "definiàte",
          "definiate#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìscano",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìscano",
          "definiscano#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìssi",
          "definissi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìssi",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìssi",
          "definissi#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìsse",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìsse",
          "definisse#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìssimo",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìssimo",
          "definissimo#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "definìste",
      "links": [
        [
          "definìste",
          "definiste#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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          "definiàte",
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      "form": "definìste",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "definìre",
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          "definìre",
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      ],
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        "singular"
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      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "form": "definir",
      "tags": [
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        "apocopic"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "difinire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "archaic"
      ]
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    "de‧fi‧nì‧re"
  ],
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        "de‧fi‧nì‧re"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "definition"
      ],
      "word": "definizione"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "to define"
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        [
          "define",
          "define"
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        "(transitive) to define"
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    },
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        "Italian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to decide, to resolve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
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          "resolve"
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      ],
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/de.fiˈni.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "definire"
}

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